Why cant we trade Triple Triad cards?

[Lilyarel]

I want to give some spare cards with my friend (who has terrible RNG luck) and help him actually get deeper into the game.

[Anubis_Nephthys]

Because then TT would becomes "Pay to Win".
People would farm cards and sell them for gil.
Bads or Lazys would buy gil and have good cards.
BTW, I give NO shits about TT. I don't even have GS unlocked yet.

[Hito-Shura]

Because Triple Triad is clearly not a children's card game! The cards are bound to your soul.

[Felis]

If you obtain a card that you already possess, you’ll be able to sell it for Manderville Gold Saucer points; however, it won’t be possible to trade cards with other players. This is to safeguard against players using gil to collect all of the cards. We want you to take your time collecting cards, building increasingly powerful decks as you progress. Once there are a larger number of cards in the game, we may look into allowing players to trade. There will be 80 cards to start with in patch 2.51, and we’ll continue to add cards as we move forward. For example, we may do something like add 25 cards at the release of Heavensward and then another 25 cards in patch 3.1.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/220302

[desufin]

They should allow trading cards with MGP. And/or increase how much they vendor for.

[Quesse]

They should allow trading cards with MGP.

This is a great idea.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

They should allow trading cards with MGP. And/or increase how much they vendor for.

Yeah I thought the same thing. They should create a special trade window for trading triple triad cards where the only things that can be exchanged are MGP or other triple triad cards.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Because as the TT tourney proved, people will abuse it and that is why we can't have nice things.

[MomomiMomi]

They should allow trading cards with MGP.

This would both allow the buying of cards for gil and the selling of MGP for gil. Among other things. Nice idea on the surface, but it goes against the spirit of Gold Saucer.

[Lilyarel]

Because as the TT tourney proved, people will abuse it and that is why we can't have nice things.

What exactly is going on with the tourney?